The cortisol response to exercise in young adults.

Henning Budde,Pedro Ribeiro,Sergio Machado,Mirko Wegner

doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00013

Abstract

The cortisol response to exercise in young adults.

Highlights

Edited by: Lars Schwabe, University of Hamburg, Germany Reviewed by: Shireen Sindi, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Jana Strahler, University of Marburg, Germany
The resistance exercise consisted of approximately 40 min of high-intensity (80% one-repetition maximum, 1RM) and moderate-intensity (50%, 1RM) acute resistance exercise on the exercise machines, respectively (Tsai et al, 2014)
Research in adults revealed that if a certain physical effort is exceeded the cortisol level rises as a function of both, intensity and duration (Kirschbaum and Hellhammer, 1994; Brownlee et al, 2005; Hill et al, 2008; Gatti and De Palo, 2011)

Summary

Introduction

Edited by: Lars Schwabe, University of Hamburg, Germany Reviewed by: Shireen Sindi, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Jana Strahler, University of Marburg, Germany. The authors did not mention important research findings in regard to the effect of different intensity and duration levels of an acute bout of exercise on the cortisol concentration. Research in adults revealed that if a certain physical effort is exceeded the cortisol level rises as a function of both, intensity and duration (Kirschbaum and Hellhammer, 1994; Brownlee et al, 2005; Hill et al, 2008; Gatti and De Palo, 2011).

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